Cuspidor handle and carrier.



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oUsPIDoR HANDLE AND CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 9, 1912.

Patented Aug. 26, 1913. :k-

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ERNEST OLD, OF HAWLEY, TEXAS.

CUSPIDOR HANDLE AND CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26,1913.

Application filed April 9, 1912. Serial N0. 689,525.

To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ERNEST OLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hawley, in the county of Jones and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ouspidor Handles and Carriers, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for lifting and carrying cuspidors or the like.

The principal object is to provide a simple device of this character, which is capable of being readily adjusted to different size cuspidors or vessels of like character.

Another object is to provide means on the device to prevent the cuspidor from slipping while being carried.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and with particular reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device, Fig. 2 is an end view, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, Fig. a is a vertical transverse section on the line 4-1 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the drawings, the device includes a handle 10, consisting of the sections 11 and 12, in the abutting face of each of which is formed a longitudinal channel 13, which when the sections are secured together forms a bore extending the greater portion of the length of the handle. The portions 11 and 12 of the handle are secured together by any suitable means as by the screw 14. Secured to one end of the section 11 of the handle by means of one of the screws 14 which hold the sections together, is one end of a metallic strip 15 which is bowed into a loop 16 and has its other end passed through an inclined slot 17 in the section 12, near the adjacent end, and then passed through the bore formed by the channels 13. Formed through the section 12 of the handle is an elongated slot 1S through which extends the outturned terminal hand grip 19 of the strip 15. Secured to one end of the handle is a band 20, in which is mounted a set screw 21, the end of said set screw passing through the section 12 and being adapted to engage against the strip 15 which is located within the bore formed by the channels 13, to hold said strip in different positions accordingly as the same is moved by means of the hand grip 19. Se-

cured to the handle is a plate 22 having the outwardly flared arms 23, for engagement with the body ofthe cuspidor to prevent sidewise movement of the same when gripped within the loop 16. To the under facefof this end of the handle and slightly remote from the end is an angle plate 24: the arm 27 of which is provided with an elongated slot 25 to receive one end of the screw 211, on which is a clamping nut 26 for adjusting the said plate longitudinally on the handle. When a cuspidor is held within the loop 16, the tendency would be for the cuspidor to sag toward the end of the handle, but the presence of the arm 27 of the angle plate prevents such sagging, by acting as a stop against which the side of the bowl portion of the cuspidor engages. Secured to the flat face of the section 11 of the handle, is a small plate 28, against which the strip 15 bears and prevents the point of the screw 21 from dent-ing the flat strip 15 and the consequent denting of the flat face of the section 11.

What is claimed is:

A lifter and carrier for cuspidors comprising a handle, said handle being formed of two sections, each of which is formed with a longitudinal channel, one of said sections being formed with an elongated slot and an inclined passage, a flexible metallic strip secured at one end to one end of one of said sections, the opposite end portion of said strip extending through the inclined passage and through the said channel, a terminal hand grip on the free end otl said strip and projecting through said elongated slot, a band encircling one end of said handle, a set screw on said band for engagement with the said strip to hold the same in its dii-.ferent adjusted positions, an outwardly and downwardly extending member on the end of said handle for engagement with a cuspidor to prevent lateral movement of the same when engaged in the loop, and an adjustable member on t-he loop carrying end of the handle for engagement with the bowl portion of the cuspidor.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

ERNEST OLD.

Witnesses:

G; E. MAYFIELD, R. L. OLD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

